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| Bamboo Flooring | |
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How would you like to buy environmentally Bamboo is one of the newest types of flooring to be introduced into North American flooring market. Although displayed in the hardwood section of most stores, bamboo is actually a species of grass with a tremendous growth rate which makes it unparalleled as an efficient renewable resource. Bamboo can be re-harvested approximately every 3- 5 years. No forests are destroyed to make bamboo flooring. Due to the amount of bamboo available, a virtually inexhaustible supply is provided at stable prices. Bamboo flooring has many characteristics which make it unique among other flooring options. Bamboo needs to be cut into strips pressed and laminated before it is suitable for this remarkable resource. Since then cork can now only be |
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| Cork Flooring - September Article | |
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How would you like to buy environmentally friendly flooring while saving money on your next flooring purchase? Consider it done at Deerfoot Carpet & Flooring Inc. with cork tile starting at $1.99 psf. In recent years there have been tremendous advances in environmentally friendly types of flooring. Although many improvements have been made in established types of flooring, eg, carpet, today we are going to focus on cork, one of the newest available options for consumers. Cork is considered one of the newest entrants in the flooring category. However, interestingly enough, cork has been established for decades as a go-to for flooring in Europe. Because of unique natural characteristics, cork has been harvested for various other purposes such as bottle corks, fishing nets, sandals, insulation and even roofing. Corks is actually the bark on a specific type of oak found primarily around the Mediterranean basin. Cork is harvested on trees more than 200 years old. By 1930 in Portugal, cork was a major export and needed a royal decree to regulate harvesting to protect this remarkable resource. Since then cork can now only be re harvested once every 9 years and the circumference of younger trees must be at least 60 cm. |
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